Book: Tempt My Heart - A Brittan McKenna Story by Danielle Jamie

Danielle Jamie

about this book: When Brittan met Cane she instantly knew he was the one she was destined to spend her life with. But what happens when your Happily Ever After is cut short tragically? How do you live a life without your soulmate by your side?

After 9/11 Cane and Brittan's lives changed dramatically. Cane dropped out of college and enlisted into the Army. We're never promised tomorrow, and Brittan learns that the hard way when Cane is killed in Iraq. She goes from planning a wedding, to planning a funeral all with in a year.

Fast forward eight years and Brittan is still the lead singer of the best selling Alternative Rock Band, Beyond Redemption. With the world at her finger tips she still struggles with going through life without Cane. With all the money and success she still feels lost and alone, and to cope with that grief and numb the pain Brittan fell into the dark world of drugs.

With her career hanging in the balance Brittan checks into rehab to get clean and try to finally cope with the loss of her fiancee when she meets Jordon Valentine, the lead guitarist for her opening act, Tempting Tomorrow. He's the ultimate bad boy and everything she thinks she doesn't want.

She soon discovers that the passion and sexual chemistry between them is too strong to ignore. But will Brittan open herself up to him or sabotage her chances with him before they can begin?

Is it possible to love again after losing the one you swore to love forever?

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This story was inspired after reading the Thoughtless series and The Mighty Storm series. I wanted to write a rocker book that instead of just saying the character has heavy baggage their trying to deal with, show the back story helping readers connect with the character. My friend Sonja who I dedicated the book to lost her husband in Afghanistan and inspired the beginning of my novel.

I spoke with her while preparing to start the book to get the military part accurate and the emotions Brittan felt while going through while Cane was deployed, when being informed of his death and coping with the loss after his death.I wanted to make sure everything was as accurate as possible for anyone who's lost a loved one over seas can read and be happy that I made the story as realistic as possible.

I came up with Tempt My Heart when I was trying to think of a good title for a woman who swore off love an then has a man walk into her life she can't resist he tempts her heart to open up an feel again.

I hope my readers connect with Brittan and Jordon in this book the way I did an my beta readers did. I poured my heart and soul into this story and love how it turned out. it's an amazing story of love and loss and learning to love again.